Last year, Far Cry 3 was Ubisoft's unexpected E3 announcement. This year, it was Watch Dogs that stepped into the spotlight with confident swagger.
Watch Dogs is set in contemporary America, where an intricate, invisible network of data surrounds everything that happens.
Morally ambiguous protagonist Aiden Pierce has the means and the motive to crack that web of information, manipulating it where he must.
In Ubisoft's June 4 stage demo, that meant phone hacking, infiltration and eavesdropping, tampering with traffic lights for a well-timed pile up, and a full-blown firefight followed by a swift getaway.
The hustle and bustle of Watch Dogs' city setting -- a simulacra for Chicago -- combined with Aiden's array of technology and deadly skill invites easy comparison to recent Grand Theft Auto, Deus Ex, and Hitman games, as well as Ubi's own Assassin's Creed series.
There's no release date identified as of yet, usually a signifier that it's some way off, but Ubisoft later confirmed that the game is targeting Xbox 360, PlayStation 3 and PC.
'Watch Dogs - Game Demo Video': youtu.be/0dTOnyp58NM
Watch Dogs - Game Demo Video [FR]: youtu.be/eyKP2mL84iI
Watch Dogs | E3 Introduction Trailer: youtu.be/n3F3KW-2ABc
Official site: watchdogs.ubi.com
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